Absolutely No Inheritance of Guilt

Deuteronomy24:16 lays down a fundamental principle of accountability: a man dies for his own sin  No one inherits  another's guilt. No one stands in judgment for another's account  

This week's reading of Naso appears to contradict that principle. The wife of a man who has withheld the portion he owed to the priest, suspected of adultery;  her own standing called into question because of his failure.

The contradiction is the teaching: Read together, the two passages sharpen the line where one person's account ends and another's begins.